Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Facing Timur's anger, Zhu Yunxi just watched his performance quietly.

He didn't believe that Timur was a person who couldn't control his emotions. Since he took the initiative to show his emotions, it proved that he must have ulterior motives.

Timur was having a fit for a while, but seeing no one paying attention to him, he immediately threw up his sleeves angrily and left.

To Timur's surprise, he left the main banquet hall without any obstruction.

When his carriage walked out of Kangju Palace, what the coachman said made him hesitate for a moment.

"Your Majesty, should we go back to the palace in Samarkand, or to Isfahan?"

After a slight hesitation, Timur finally gave up the idea of ​​returning home now.

"Back to the palace!"

"Oh……"

The groom took Timur back to the palace. The palace guards did not stop him, but allowed him to enter the former palace of Timur's empire.

Returning to the palace, Timur did not rush to his bedroom, but wandered around the former palace.

There are many confidential departments of the Ming Dynasty here. He had never been embarrassed to visit them in order to avoid suspicion.

Now that Zhu Yunxi has lost his face, there is no need for him to lose face.

Timur walked to a government office with a plaque of the Ministry of War hanging on his back, hands behind his back. When he saw a group of young secretaries busy inside, he couldn't help but slow down.

After the people in the Ministry of War found that there was an unexpected visitor in the yamen, they showed a little curiosity on their faces.

Just when Wang Shilang was on duty, he wanted to send someone to stop him. A eunuch-like man came over and whispered a few words in his ear. Wang Shilang not only gave up the idea, but stood up to greet him enthusiastically.

"It turns out that His Majesty Tamerlane arrived, but he was greeted from afar and disrespected!"

"Come on!"

"Serve tea to His Majesty Timur!"

"promise!"

Not long after, someone came in with a tea tray and filled Timur and Wang Shilang with tea.

Timur held the tea cup and kept turning it around in his hand, gently smelling the fragrance coming from the tea cup.

"What is your name?"

"Wang Mian, I'm Kangju's military servant, you can call me Xiaowang..."

"Little Wang..."

"I wonder if I can visit your place?"

"of course can!"

"Your Majesty, you are a distinguished guest. You can visit anywhere in the city you want."

When Timur heard this, a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

"What if I want to visit your arsenal?"

Wang Mian didn't even stumble upon hearing this.

"Welcome!"

When Timur saw Wang Mian's attitude, he was puzzled and more confused.

Of course he had just seen the little actions of Wang Mian and the eunuch, and he also knew that the official in front of him must have been instructed by Zhu Yunxi.

But he couldn't figure it out that Zhu Yunxi would be so generous and not guard against him at all.

Could it be that Zhu Yunxi was so confident that even if he opened up his confidence to himself and let him look at it casually, he would not be able to see Daming's secrets?

Timur did not believe in evil, so he picked up an official document that a clerk was copying.

It was written in Persian and plain script, and he could easily understand it.

"You want to transfer people from Samarkand back to Daming?"

"Yes!"

"The Ming Dynasty is now full of waste and its people's power cannot keep up, so it needs to send some people from Samarkand."

"Some?"

When Timur heard this, he almost threw the document in the man's face.

"You Daming are so arrogant, 30 people are just a few in your mouth!"

Upon hearing this, the secretary looked at his chief officer aggrievedly, thinking that these were all prisoners selected from the prisoner-of-war camp, and how they were arranged was Ming Dynasty's business. Where did the old man come from to give instructions?
Upon seeing this, Wang Mian hurried over, encouraged the scribe a few words, and then explained to Timur with a smile.

"Your Majesty, you don't know. 30 people is a lot in your country, but it's nothing in our Ming Dynasty."

"Among the projects that I, Daming, are currently in charge of, there are more than five that employ more than one million people!"

"Five million civilian husband?"

"Are you crazy, Ming Dynasty? Isn't this going to exhaust the people to death?"

Timur was also an emperor for decades. He had been fighting in the north and south for so many years, but he did not dare to use more than a million civilians.

Now that he heard that there were more than five projects worth more than one million yuan in Da Ming Dynasty, he was quite frightened.

Wang Mian explained patiently once again.

"Your Majesty, you don't know. Our Ming Dynasty has a very large territory, starting from the Golden Continent in the east, and... to Borneo in the west, as well as France and England."

"There are supply depots for my Ming Dynasty all over the world, and every supply depot is my country for the Ming Dynasty."

“We entrust many projects to local nobles to manage and build on our behalf.”

"For example, the Hongwu Grand Canal located in the narrow strip of the Mamluk Dynasty is managed by the Mamluk Dynasty on our behalf. There are more than one million civilians there alone."

"I, Daming, don't know the specific number of people. We are only responsible for providing workers with wages and food, and the rest is managed by the local government!"

"Another example is the Grand Canal in Golden Continent, which is co-managed by the local Xihutar Kingdom and Nicoya Kingdom."

"We provide these two kingdoms with weapons, armor, food, and cloth, and they will integrate the surrounding tribes and small countries, and recruit civilians for us to build the Datong Canal that connects the east and west oceans."

"As for some small projects involving 10 to tens of 10 people, we in Ming Dynasty have countless projects."

"Conservative estimates put the number of civilians in the Ming Dynasty at over ten million!"

"call……"

After listening to Wang Mian's words, Timur could only hold the grass in his heart.

He found that he had underestimated Zhu Yunxi. Who would have thought that such a big ambition was hidden under this guy's immature appearance?

According to them, the number of civilians driven by the Ming Dynasty now exceeds ten million, and they are still short of at least ten million...

Do they want the whole world to work hard for them?

But in this way, Timur understood one thing, that is, why did Zhu Yunxi go to all the trouble to invite him to Samarkand and resolve the dispute through negotiation when he could clearly destroy him in a fight.

It turns out that this guy was just afraid that too many people would die, which would delay his big plan!

When Timur had this idea, he didn't panic anymore.

He is not afraid that the enemy will not have needs, but that the enemy will not have weaknesses.

Since Zhu Yunxi's weakness is that of a common man, he will adopt a posture of destroying both the jade and the stone, forcing Zhu Yunxi not to dare to act rashly!
Timur knew such a big secret after reading one document, and he was even more curious about other documents.

"Xiao Wang, can I read other documents?"

Wang Mian replied without hesitation.

"can!"

"Our Majesty said that with people of your level and his level, there are not many secrets left in the world."

"It's not that you don't know a lot of things, but that you don't know what to do if you know it."

"So you can watch whatever you want."

Timur's face darkened when he heard this, and he snorted coldly.

"He really understands the emperor's heart!" "He is right. At our level, there is nothing in the world that we don't understand. But even if we understand, there are many things that we can't change."

Timur said as he picked up a document.

This document is of high value and is written entirely in Ming Dynasty script.

If Timur hadn't deliberately made up the text before coming to Samarkand, Leng Buding wouldn't have been able to understand it.

This is a document about the transportation of grain and grass. It clearly states that 100 million shi of grain will be transported from the Ming Dynasty to the city of Samarkand...

100 million shi, which is enough to feed at least 30 people for a year...

Could it be that Ming Dynasty is preparing to go to war with itself?
In addition, Ming Dynasty and Samarkand are thousands of miles apart. How did they transport so much food?
Wait, what did I just see!
Hami Guard?
From Hamiwei to Samarkand?

Isn't Hamiwei a place near the Chagatai Khanate? When did it produce so much food there?
Timur discovered a huge shortcoming of his empire, that is, his grasp of intelligence was too weak.

Since the Chagatai Khanate was destroyed, he knew nothing about the Ming Dynasty or the Chagatai region.

Now that there is such a large grain-producing area in the Chagatai area, as the emperor of the Western Regions, he doesn't even know about it!
After Timur was shocked by this, he felt boring when reading other documents.

The documents of the Ministry of War are nothing more than how many troops were recruited from where, and where the troops were moved to where.

Although these things are important military secrets, they are not very important when it comes to national wars of the size of him and Daming.

However, the recruitment figures intrigued him. He never imagined that the Ming Dynasty had recruited more than 40 soldiers in the Samarkand area.

Is Ming Dynasty really so confident that he is not afraid of rebellion by these locals?

Timur read some more documents and then left. Wang Mian enthusiastically saw him off from the Yamen of the Ministry of War, and thoughtfully asked him if he wanted to go to the arsenal.

This made Timur feel embarrassed, so he declined a little.

"Don't read it now. After all, it's your Ming Dynasty's secret. How can I, an enemy emperor, see your Ming Dynasty's secret?"

Wang Mian answered very honestly.

"It's ok!"

"My Emperor, His Majesty the Ming Dynasty, said that even if you just watch it casually, you won't be able to learn it!"

Timur almost vomited blood when he heard this, it was so humiliating!

"Humph!"

"I want to see if I can learn it!"

Seeing that Timur was so unconvinced, Wang Mian could only lead him to visit the arsenal in the city with a smile.

Timur followed Wang Mian to the Ming Dynasty Arsenal, and immediately recognized where this place was. Isn't this a military camp built during his reign, and it was transformed into an arsenal by the Ming Dynasty?

Timur looked at the rows of tall houses and couldn't help but tremble in his heart. How many weapons did Ming Dynasty hide?
Wang Mian greeted the general guarding the arsenal, and after showing him his badge, the other party opened the door and let them in.

"Your Majesty Timur, I wonder what you want to see first?"

Timur snorted coldly when he heard the words.

"Humph!"

"You have something to show me!"

Wang Mian replied proudly after hearing this.

"That's a lot!"

"Firearms include muskets and artillery."

"Among them, fire cannons are divided into match rope cannons, flint fire cannons, continuous fire cannons, multi-shot fire cannons, etc..."

"Artillery is divided into heavy siege artillery, light horse-drawn artillery, city defense artillery, individual combat light artillery, etc."

"There are also various types of shells, solid shells, blooming shells, etc..."

"There are also many traditional weapons, such as new bows and arrows, swords, armors, etc."

"hiss……"

Wang Mian exploded so many weapons as if reporting the name of the dish, which made Timur gasp when he heard it.

He never imagined that Ming Dynasty would invent so many firearms.

Not only have I seen many firearms, I have never even heard of them.

Timur summarized several defeats in his life and felt that artillery had the greatest impact on him, so he decided to go see the artillery first.

"Can I see your artillery?"

"Of course!"

Wang Mian familiarly led Timur from house to house, and stopped in front of a house that occupied a very large area.

"Open the warehouse and let His Majesty Timur go in and have a look!"

"promise!"

When the heavy warehouse door opened, Timur felt only a pungent smell of grease hitting his face.

Just when he thought it was too dark to see clearly and wanted someone to light a torch, Wang Mian on the side spoke.

"Open the lighting switch!"

"promise!"

Then Timur only heard a click, and then bright lights lit up in the huge warehouse, illuminating the entire warehouse like daylight.

"This……"

"Oh, this is an electric lamp invented by Daming. It is lit by electricity and can avoid fires caused by fireworks to the greatest extent."

"But this thing is also very dangerous. If a fire breaks out, you won't be able to save it even if you want to put out the fire. You have to cut off the power supply."

Timur was dumbfounded. He had only heard businessmen talk about a lamp in the Ming Dynasty that could shine by itself, but he didn't know what electricity was and what lighting was.

Looking at it today made him feel deeply frustrated.

Unknowingly, is the gap between my empire and Ming Dynasty so wide?
He has mastered the indescribable divine power, but he is still riding a war horse, waving and slashing, and charging into battle...

Wang Mian didn't care about Timur's mood, he just opened the tarp of a cannon as if to show off.

"Your Majesty Timur, please take a look. This is the Hongwu Type-A cannon, also known as a siege cannon, newly developed by our Ming Dynasty and specially used for siege."

"The range of this kind of cannon is not too far, but it has extremely strong penetrating power and explosive power. It can easily tear down city walls, gates and other defensive measures."

"The rammed earth city walls built by your empire are extremely destructive and are very suitable for dealing with your imperial city-states."

When Timur heard this, his old face turned dark on the spot.

Even if the two countries are hostile, don't speak so bluntly!

Besides, is there anything magical about this cannon?
Isn't it just that the muzzle is thicker, the barrel is longer, and the barrel is thicker?

When I returned to Isfahan and ordered someone to imitate it, I didn’t believe that a cannon bigger than this thing could not be made!

"This thing is so huge, so the cannonballs used must be very special, right?"

Timur was shocked and shocked, but he still maintained his true nature as a cunning and cunning man, trying to get Ming Dynasty's military secrets as soon as he opened his mouth.

But Wang Mian seemed undecided, and ordered someone to carry out a box on the spot and put it in front of Timur.

"What your Majesty said is true. The shells used in this siege gun are indeed very special."

"Come here, pry open the box and let His Majesty Timur see what our siege artillery looks like!"

Timur looked at the box in front of him. He originally thought that there would be many cannonballs in the box, but he never expected that after the box was opened, there was only one cannonball lying alone inside.

"This……"

"Siege cannons are naturally larger than others."

"I'm asking about the shape of this thing. Why is it so weird? The head is just pointy, but why are there a few more iron pieces on the tail?"

Wang Mian smiled awkwardly.

"Well...this belongs to our Ming Dynasty's secrets. Please forgive me for not being able to comment, hehehe..."